U.S. Senate Election

In his first interview since his landslide re-election to a sixth term and his expected ascension to U.S. Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell talked at length with the Herald-Leader about how he wants to use his new role to help Kentucky, a possible White House run by U.S. Sen. Rand Paul and...

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U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell beat Democratic challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes in a landslide Tuesday to win a sixth term and a promotion to majority leader of the United States Senate.

With the clock ticking down toward Tuesday's election, Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes on Monday night promised a "photo finish," while U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told crowds earlier in the day that "victory is in the air."

Campaigns and independent groups just spent millions of dollars to convince Kentucky voters that everyone running for Congress this fall is a villain hoping to inflict grievous harm on hard-working families. The attacks drew blood, as intended. Here are seven of the biggest whoppers of Election '...

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton never mentioned Mitch McConnell by name, but it's unlikely that any of the 1,200 Democrats who turned out to hear her Saturday at Transylvania University didn't know who she was talking about.

On a stage late Thursday morning before several hundred people outside the Muhammad Ali Center, former President Bill Clinton tried to deliver a knockout punch against Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on behalf of Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes.

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has opened up a five-point lead over Democratic opponent Alison Lundergan Grimes and appears well positioned to win a sixth term, according to the final Bluegrass Poll before Tuesday's election.